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How Facebook Could Make Blind People See

Facebook, one of the world's most popular social media platform, has brought in a recent development, which uses a machine learning technology that recognizes objects in pictures and translates it to sound.
This was stated by Matt King, the accessibility specialist for Facebook. Matt King said "As Facebook becomes an increasingly visual experience, we hope our new automatic alternative text technology will help the blind community experience Facebook the same way others enjoy it".
Apple iOS software was used to test this new feature, and Facebook planned to expand the capability to devices with other OSs and also add more languages, because it was tested using English language.
Matt King also added "While this technology still nascent, tapping its current capabilities to describe photos is a huge step towards providing our visually impaired community the same benefits and enjoyment that everyone else gets from photos".
The kind of words that could be described with the software includes those that are related to sports, food, transportation, outdoor settings and also people's appearances.

Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the Chief of Air
Staff has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is expecting new fighter aircraft
from no fewer than four countries to boost its capabilities, Owojela’s Blog
reports.

Walmart, a
popular retailer announced this Friday that it will begin testing a new service
that will allow customers with August smart home devices, like the August
doorbell and security cameras, to have their packages delivered inside their
home instead of left on the doorstep, Owojela’s Blog learnt.

Deloitte , a
corporate finance giant suffered a cyber-attack that compromised confidential
data, including the private emails of some of its clients, the company has
confirmed as Owojela’s Blog reports.

Google is
launching the successor to its Pixel smartphone on October 4, which is coincidentally the 2nd year anniversary of Africa’s fastest growing
blog Owojelas Blog, as confirmed by a new advertising campaign and official
landing page citing the date, and suggesting that anyone who is “thinking about
changing phones” tune in for more information coming on October 4.

First Lady of
the United States, Melania Trump had a royal meeting on Saturday. Before the
start of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, Prince Harry and Trump met and sat
down together. Kensington Palace posted a photo on Saturday afternoon of the
meeting.

At least
three UN peacekeepers were killed Sunday during an attack on their convoy in
Mali, the UN mission to the conflict-torn country said, without specifying
their nationality, Owojela’s Blog learnt.